oyster
Example Sentences
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They placed groups of these tiles in three estuaries in the Sydney region, Brisbane Water, the Hawkesbury River and Port Hacking, near existing oyster reefs where larvae are present.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
"Many of Sydney's early colonial buildings are held together with oyster shell."
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
Graham Platner, a 41-year-old combat veteran and oyster farmer from a town of 1,000, is leading two-term Gov. Janet Mills by more than 30 points in the most recent poll.
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026
Like the grit in the oyster, there’s a solid core of truth inside the vanity of wild price swings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026
In the narrow street the dark houses of the village gave us some shelter from the wind, but the water of the Bay was already washing across the crushed oyster shells.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
